Today's offering is a bit of a cheat, since it isn't from a record, but rather the 1977 Johnny Cash Christmas Special, which featured a tribute to Sun Records with guests Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis, and an additional nod to former Million Dollar Quartet member Elvis Presley who'd passed away only a couple of months before this show was taped.

I could be wrong, but I don't recall any other Christmas recordings by the Killer, and this brief run through White Christmas is a delight, as you can hear him borrowing the vocal hook from the version Clyde McPhatter sang with the Drifters, which Presley also did on his first Christmas album. This also goes out as a tribute to my late friend and musical mentor (and possibly the world's biggest Jerry Lee fan) Bob Switzer, who held an open house at his Taz Records store in Halifax every Christmas Eve, with drinks on the house and amazing rockabilly and R&B on the stereo. This day just hasn't been the same since Bob passed on and if anyone cares to join me in a toast or two to loved ones recently or long ago departed, I'll go get some more ice.